About 100 people attended a golf tournament at the Aliso Creek course to support rebuilding the Laguna Beach animal shelter last month, raising $2,100 through the event hosted by Protecting Unwanted Pets (PUP) Laguna Beach and Hennessey’s Tavern. Supporters turned out for a...

Summer Delight! Chalk up yet another nice week here in Dodge. Isn’t it nice having a real summer? Take yesterday, Monday, July 25, and compare it to last year, same date. Yesterday was cloud free from dawn to dusk with high temperatures approaching 80 degrees and gentle breezes...

For the second year, the Friendship Shelter and Laguna Beach Community Clinic received awards from the St. Joseph Health System Foundation in collaboration with Mission Hospital. This year, the foundation distributed $920,607 in wellness and prevention grants to 16 Orange County...

Advance tickets are on sale for the third annual Girls Night Out on Sept. 8 at 100 Rockledge. Over 250 people are expected to enjoy food, drink, pampering, and shopping at the multi-level Wilson compound, and 100 percent of the funds raised support the Boys & Girls...

By Elvira Spektor, Special to the Independent Scores of people out during First Thursday’s Art Walk last month wedged their way into the Thalia Surf Shop as residents and curious tourists united for an evening of photographs, surfboards, and art. Nick Corores, who owns the...

Savoring Laguna My experiences lately have brought home how privileged I feel to be a part of life in Laguna. It started with an invitation from a special friend to watch the woman’s soccer finals. Some of my favorite women in town showed up and besides the excitement...

Sanjiv Bhattacharya, author of “Secrets and Wives: The Hidden World of Mormon Polygamy,” will read an excerpt on Friday, Aug. 5 at 6 p.m. at Laguna Beach Books, 1200 S. Coast Highway. Bhattacharya will also answer questions and sign copies. The author exposes his personal...

Two of the town’s best drummers, Greg White and Congero Higgy, are offering a weekly drum workshop Tuesdays, at 7 p.m. in Color Salon, 1705 S. Coast Highway, throughout August. Come learn African, Latin percussion and other styles, said Billy Fried, who leads a monthly...

Wahoo’s Fish Taco, which has over 50 locations, including the one at 1133 S. Coast Highway in Laguna, is celebrating the chain’s new Outer Reef Burrito by inviting customers to participate in a photo contest. Customers are invited to capture the moment of devouring the new...

Pure Light Candle Studios will host the creation of a series of large mandala artworks to benefit local organizations in August in collaboration with Charlotte Backman of Mandala Visions. The “Many Hands Mandala Project” was birthed with the intention of bringing community...

Despite his 95 years, Art Gilmore refused a golf cart and insisted on lugging his golf clubs over his shoulder, wandering alongside his six golf buddies each week. More like brothers, the golfers for the past 29 years have gotten together weekly to rehash their war years or just...

A pair of roving coyotes, running loose in the Laguna Woods area, knocked over a resident and snatched her leashed pet Yorkie, Laguna Beach police reported Tuesday. Animal control officers, who provide services to the town and were in the area due to a flurry of coyote sightings,...

There’s just one thing about the new no-parking-at-night signs in the “quiet zone” near Mozambique Steakhouse, installed to appease residents’ unceasing complaints about noisy late-night patrons. Some say they can’t be seen at night. Frank Mattingly of San Clemente said he forgot...